According to US media, the United States killed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri last weekend in a drone strike during a “successful counter-terrorist operation” in Afghanistan.
Zawahiri, believed to be the mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 in New York, became head of the terrorist organization after the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011 at the hands of a US commando in Pakistan.
President Joe Biden will speak on television at 7:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. GMT) about a “successful counter-terrorist operation,” the White House said, which did not provide details.
A US government official claimed the US conducted a “counter-terrorist operation against a key al-Qaeda target” in Afghanistan this weekend, without mentioning Ayman al Zawahiri.
The operation “was successful and there were no civilian casualties,” he said.
According to US media, Ayman al Zawahiri may have been killed in a drone attack carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Afghan capital Kabul.
The State Department has offered a $25 million reward for any information leading to the arrest or conviction of the al-Qaeda leader.
This announcement comes nearly a year after the chaotic withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, which allowed the Taliban to regain control of the country 20 years after they were overthrown.
In mid-July, the United States announced that it had killed the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, Maher al-Agal, in a drone strike, an operation that “significantly weakened the organization’s ability to prepare, fund and conduct operations in the region,” a US military spokesman said.
Source: La Verdad
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